Russia's state-owned Rosatom announced a prototype plasma engine which could speed up travel to other planets.

Interestingly, the spacecraft would use an innovative propulsion method: lightsails. These types of reflective sails use the pressure from lasers or starlight to propel spacecraft. These ultrathin ...

The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak achieved a remarkable scientific milestone by maintaining steady-state high-confinement plasma operation for an impressive 1,066 seconds. Credit: ...

The reactor, located in Hefei in Anhui province, generated a steady loop of plasma for 1,066 seconds ... by providing rockets with more powerful propulsion systems. Nuclear fusion and nuclear ...

Researchers have proposed a new propulsion method that could make covering the vast distances required for interstellar missions feasible within a human lifetime. The fundamental challenge in ...

Over the last several years, it has consistently broken fusion records, and it can now add a new one to its collection: the longest sustained ultra-hot plasma. They kept it going for 1,066 seconds ...

Scientists in China on a quest to build a nuclear fusion reactor capable of producing unlimited, low-cost energy have achieved a sustained plasma temperature exceeding 100 million degrees Celsius ...

The best, in fact, the only, candidate for this is the Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP ... be expelled to generate thrust according to Newton's First Law. The basic principle is simple but ...

In a pioneering approach to achieve fusion energy, the SMART device has successfully generated its first tokamak plasma. This step brings the international fusion community closer to achieving ...

As such, scientists are looking into other methods of propulsion, from pulsed plasma thrusters to solar sails. One promising option is Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP). "NTP systems work by ...

On Jan. 11, an airborne imaging spectrometer managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory flew over Los Angeles County to survey the damage from the historic fires. It captured images of charred ...